Save The Three Cups Hotel

The Three Cups Hotel

Campaigning for preservation of the hotel where J.R.R. Tolkien stayed and gained inspiration for his mythology. Jane Austen, G.K. Chesterton, Tennyson and H.W. Longfellow were also guests. The hotel featured in the film, “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”. Please send articles to me, Andrew Townsend, at afmt@btinternet.com or add a comment. Thanks to David Moss for all his work. Comments are closed at WDDC for the plans to redevelop the site but you can still write to the papers.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Not Impossible

It is not impossible for a local authority to help a seaside town promote its tourist industry through literary connections. Llandudno has several statues to remind the public that Lewis Carroll spent many holidays in the town. Click through for some links.

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Sunday, July 01, 2012

Time to get in on the act

This weekend on the Telegraph website Daniel Hannan posted a blog extolling the virtues of holidays in the UK with a video clip by the national tourist boards of England, Scotland and Wales.
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An example from Chester

I hesitate to provide the following example of how The Three Cups could be restored to its former glory as a hostelry for the great and good of the literary world and those who would share its inspiring atmosphere.

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